包虫病(或棘球蚴病)分为单房性和多房性二型,前者由细粒棘球绦虫(Echinococcus granulosus简称E.g)幼虫引起,后者由多房棘球绦虫(Echinococcus multilocularis简称E.m)幼虫引起。本病以往只能靠外科手术,但手术易致囊液外溢发生继发性包虫病,且某些病例很难施行手术。本世纪初开始化学治疗的研究,70年代以来在动物实验和临床试用中取得了巨大的成绩。 Echinococcosis (or echinococcosis) is divided into single-and multiple-chamber type II, the former caused by the Echinococcus granulosus (Echinococcus granulosus referred to as larvae), which by the Echinococcus multilocularis Em) larvae. In the past, the disease can only rely on surgery, but surgery is easy to cause cyst fluid overflow secondary to hydatid disease, and in some cases it is difficult to perform surgery. Since the beginning of this century, the study of chemotherapy has made great achievements in animal experiments and clinical trials since the 1970s.